A Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) plant in Guangdong province that can
make 360,000 vehicles a year has stood idle since Tuesday, after
workers struck at a nearby parts supplier, Denso (Guangzhou
Nansha) Co Ltd., owned by Japan's Denso Corp (6902.T).

Toyota said production would halt at the assembly plant for all
of Wednesday and it had made no decision on when it could
restart.

Honda Motor Co (7267.T) said it halted assembly lines at one of
two plants at Guangqi Honda, one of the company's joint ventures
in China, after a disruption in parts supplies. The idled plant
can make up to 240,000 Accord, Fit and other vehicles a year.

The key complaint continues to be wages. It seems pretty hard for
Toyota or Honda to play hardball in a situation like this, given
the negative PR it would likely create.